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Palette – rhomboid, decorated PAL-0154
By Hendrickx, Stan
, Tomb b199.
1900–1901 : Egypt Exploration Fund excavation.Cambridge, Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Z 45740.
Date : Naqada IIB
Tomb b199 was dated to SD 40–64 (Randall-McIver & Mace 1902: 22) and to Naqada IIB (Hendrickx 1989: II, 301).
Material : Greywacke (incised)
Preservation : Almost complete
Preservation information :
Broken and repaired, a small fragment is missing.
Description
The rhomboid palette has inconspicuous angular projections at the ends of the shorter axis and has pointed extremities.
Decoration
Intersective ellipses are roughly incised near to one extremity.
Object use
The palette has been used, causing on both faces shallow hollowing in the central area. There is also pitting.
(ed.) : Online catalogue.
(ed.) : Online catalogue.
Dimensions (cm)
Width :
10.5
Length :
28.8
Thickness :
0.7
Additional information
Comments
The Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology website erroneously mentions tomb a199 as provenance, instead of b199.
